The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread
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@Lob12 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
I don’t think Jam realizes how heavily bombarded the kids are and from such a young age.
I could only guess.
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@silky said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@madrebel said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Jam said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
I don’t think social media kills as often as other “vices”
Read Jonathan Haidt’s books on the subject. You’d be surprised how bad social media is. The effect its having on our youth is significantly worse than alcohol or drugs ever were. Here is a brief article https://www.persuasion.community/p/haidt-the-teen-mental-illness-epidemic
Social media makes people think they’re trans, that the world is flat, etc.
Now, you could fix this in other ways but acting like it isn’t all that bad isn’t one of them. Banning it probably is the wrong route too. Trump’s plan to end section 230 and force social media companies to allow you to opt out of their algorithms if accomplished are good first steps. However, the human brain is wired to deal with drama on the scale of the entire planet. The human brain is still wired for tribal life still not planet sized bullshit 24/7.
This x 1000
But fixing it seems impossible. We’re the car that’s edged itself into a car parking cul-de-sac that it now can’t reverse itself out of. I can refuse my kids having true SM until they’re 16, maybe. But after that? It’s there, waiting to pounce, and they’ll voluntarily grab it for its attractions and benefits.
We are fucked. We screwed it all up.
There are people who do not participate, but they are few by now, I guess.
I am not immune. I participate in this forum. That must count as social media, right?
© 2015 - 2025 oyaji
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Well… Speaking of LOT. Peggy and I installed an app on Daphné’s phone so that she can’t freely install new apps and, above all, access the internet.
What I didn’t tell Peggy is that what I feared the most was not Daphné finding things like the black web or Japanese p0rn. -
@eWildcat said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
Well… Speaking of LOT. Peggy and I installed an app on Daphné’s phone so that she can’t freely install new apps and, above all, access the internet.
What I didn’t tell Peggy is that what I feared the most was not Daphné finding things like the black web or Japanese p0rn.Your former WWIIOL life?
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@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@silky said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@madrebel said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Jam said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
I don’t think social media kills as often as other “vices”
Read Jonathan Haidt’s books on the subject. You’d be surprised how bad social media is. The effect its having on our youth is significantly worse than alcohol or drugs ever were. Here is a brief article https://www.persuasion.community/p/haidt-the-teen-mental-illness-epidemic
Social media makes people think they’re trans, that the world is flat, etc.
Now, you could fix this in other ways but acting like it isn’t all that bad isn’t one of them. Banning it probably is the wrong route too. Trump’s plan to end section 230 and force social media companies to allow you to opt out of their algorithms if accomplished are good first steps. However, the human brain is wired to deal with drama on the scale of the entire planet. The human brain is still wired for tribal life still not planet sized bullshit 24/7.
This x 1000
But fixing it seems impossible. We’re the car that’s edged itself into a car parking cul-de-sac that it now can’t reverse itself out of. I can refuse my kids having true SM until they’re 16, maybe. But after that? It’s there, waiting to pounce, and they’ll voluntarily grab it for its attractions and benefits.
We are fucked. We screwed it all up.
There are people who do not participate, but they are few by now, I guess.
I am not immune. I participate in this forum. That must count as social media, right?
Personally. I don’t count Forums as social media though they probably meet whatever technical definitions might govern that
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This is Punch You in Da Facebook!
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@silky said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@silky said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@madrebel said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Jam said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
I don’t think social media kills as often as other “vices”
Read Jonathan Haidt’s books on the subject. You’d be surprised how bad social media is. The effect its having on our youth is significantly worse than alcohol or drugs ever were. Here is a brief article https://www.persuasion.community/p/haidt-the-teen-mental-illness-epidemic
Social media makes people think they’re trans, that the world is flat, etc.
Now, you could fix this in other ways but acting like it isn’t all that bad isn’t one of them. Banning it probably is the wrong route too. Trump’s plan to end section 230 and force social media companies to allow you to opt out of their algorithms if accomplished are good first steps. However, the human brain is wired to deal with drama on the scale of the entire planet. The human brain is still wired for tribal life still not planet sized bullshit 24/7.
This x 1000
But fixing it seems impossible. We’re the car that’s edged itself into a car parking cul-de-sac that it now can’t reverse itself out of. I can refuse my kids having true SM until they’re 16, maybe. But after that? It’s there, waiting to pounce, and they’ll voluntarily grab it for its attractions and benefits.
We are fucked. We screwed it all up.
There are people who do not participate, but they are few by now, I guess.
I am not immune. I participate in this forum. That must count as social media, right?
Personally. I don’t count Forums as social media though they probably meet whatever technical definitions might govern that
This is as close to social media as we get in my immediate family, and only I indulge, although I have cousins who have told me how much I need to be on the facebook to promote my farm. One has told me in particular that the winery cannot succeed without it.
Personally, I count avoidance of social media as a success.
© 2015 - 2025 oyaji
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@Gustaf said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
This is Punch You in Da Facebook!
There was an animated gif posted a dozen years ago on OOBOT of an Asian woman being punched in the side of the face through a thick phonebook. Is it still around? I cannot seem to search it up online, but posting it here would annoy hell out of blanks and lobster.
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Are you asking me to do a Google search for you? Because my services are not free.
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@Gustaf said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
Are you asking me to do a Google search for you? Because my services are not free.
Does Blanks have competition?
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Many games don’t really support that DLSS thingy yet from what I know
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@Lob12 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
Many games don’t really support that DLSS thingy yet from what I know
When you are laying out 2000 bucks for a card, a big selling point is future proofing.
https://i.imgur.com/hX2CMMZ.jpg
Never go full Lithu-
TwainNo editing is gonna save you now-
Wingmannhttp://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/72217/DSC_2528.JPG
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@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@silky said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@silky said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@madrebel said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Jam said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
I don’t think social media kills as often as other “vices”
Read Jonathan Haidt’s books on the subject. You’d be surprised how bad social media is. The effect its having on our youth is significantly worse than alcohol or drugs ever were. Here is a brief article https://www.persuasion.community/p/haidt-the-teen-mental-illness-epidemic
Social media makes people think they’re trans, that the world is flat, etc.
Now, you could fix this in other ways but acting like it isn’t all that bad isn’t one of them. Banning it probably is the wrong route too. Trump’s plan to end section 230 and force social media companies to allow you to opt out of their algorithms if accomplished are good first steps. However, the human brain is wired to deal with drama on the scale of the entire planet. The human brain is still wired for tribal life still not planet sized bullshit 24/7.
This x 1000
But fixing it seems impossible. We’re the car that’s edged itself into a car parking cul-de-sac that it now can’t reverse itself out of. I can refuse my kids having true SM until they’re 16, maybe. But after that? It’s there, waiting to pounce, and they’ll voluntarily grab it for its attractions and benefits.
We are fucked. We screwed it all up.
There are people who do not participate, but they are few by now, I guess.
I am not immune. I participate in this forum. That must count as social media, right?
Personally. I don’t count Forums as social media though they probably meet whatever technical definitions might govern that
This is as close to social media as we get in my immediate family, and only I indulge, although I have cousins who have told me how much I need to be on the facebook to promote my farm. One has told me in particular that the winery cannot succeed without it.
Personally, I count avoidance of social media as a success.
They are probably right about the winery PR.
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@Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Lob12 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
Many games don’t really support that DLSS thingy yet from what I know
When you are laying out 2000 bucks for a card, a big selling point is future proofing.
Yeah sure. But basically with my 4070ti im still fine for a while.
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@Lob12 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Lob12 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
Many games don’t really support that DLSS thingy yet from what I know
When you are laying out 2000 bucks for a card, a big selling point is future proofing.
Yeah sure. But basically with my 4070ti im still fine for a while.
I went just 4070 for the new machine. Lickity split, no baking necessary.
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@Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@silky said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@silky said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@madrebel said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Jam said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
I don’t think social media kills as often as other “vices”
Read Jonathan Haidt’s books on the subject. You’d be surprised how bad social media is. The effect its having on our youth is significantly worse than alcohol or drugs ever were. Here is a brief article https://www.persuasion.community/p/haidt-the-teen-mental-illness-epidemic
Social media makes people think they’re trans, that the world is flat, etc.
Now, you could fix this in other ways but acting like it isn’t all that bad isn’t one of them. Banning it probably is the wrong route too. Trump’s plan to end section 230 and force social media companies to allow you to opt out of their algorithms if accomplished are good first steps. However, the human brain is wired to deal with drama on the scale of the entire planet. The human brain is still wired for tribal life still not planet sized bullshit 24/7.
This x 1000
But fixing it seems impossible. We’re the car that’s edged itself into a car parking cul-de-sac that it now can’t reverse itself out of. I can refuse my kids having true SM until they’re 16, maybe. But after that? It’s there, waiting to pounce, and they’ll voluntarily grab it for its attractions and benefits.
We are fucked. We screwed it all up.
There are people who do not participate, but they are few by now, I guess.
I am not immune. I participate in this forum. That must count as social media, right?
Personally. I don’t count Forums as social media though they probably meet whatever technical definitions might govern that
This is as close to social media as we get in my immediate family, and only I indulge, although I have cousins who have told me how much I need to be on the facebook to promote my farm. One has told me in particular that the winery cannot succeed without it.
Personally, I count avoidance of social media as a success.
They are probably right about the winery PR.
Well, that would depend on your definition of success, now, wouldn’t it?
Most years I make enough wine to satisfy me, and I call that success. I wish I had more to give away most years. I have yet to gear up for the volume that would justify getting a license to be able to sell any. I think it is too much work for too little return, and so I may just stick to what I am doing. It brings me joy, and that is enough.
© 2015 - 2025 oyaji
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Not yet
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@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@silky said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@silky said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@madrebel said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Jam said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
I don’t think social media kills as often as other “vices”
Read Jonathan Haidt’s books on the subject. You’d be surprised how bad social media is. The effect its having on our youth is significantly worse than alcohol or drugs ever were. Here is a brief article https://www.persuasion.community/p/haidt-the-teen-mental-illness-epidemic
Social media makes people think they’re trans, that the world is flat, etc.
Now, you could fix this in other ways but acting like it isn’t all that bad isn’t one of them. Banning it probably is the wrong route too. Trump’s plan to end section 230 and force social media companies to allow you to opt out of their algorithms if accomplished are good first steps. However, the human brain is wired to deal with drama on the scale of the entire planet. The human brain is still wired for tribal life still not planet sized bullshit 24/7.
This x 1000
But fixing it seems impossible. We’re the car that’s edged itself into a car parking cul-de-sac that it now can’t reverse itself out of. I can refuse my kids having true SM until they’re 16, maybe. But after that? It’s there, waiting to pounce, and they’ll voluntarily grab it for its attractions and benefits.
We are fucked. We screwed it all up.
There are people who do not participate, but they are few by now, I guess.
I am not immune. I participate in this forum. That must count as social media, right?
Personally. I don’t count Forums as social media though they probably meet whatever technical definitions might govern that
This is as close to social media as we get in my immediate family, and only I indulge, although I have cousins who have told me how much I need to be on the facebook to promote my farm. One has told me in particular that the winery cannot succeed without it.
Personally, I count avoidance of social media as a success.
They are probably right about the winery PR.
Well, that would depend on your definition of success, now, wouldn’t it?
Most years I make enough wine to satisfy me, and I call that success. I wish I had more to give away most years. I have yet to gear up for the volume that would justify getting a license to be able to sell any. I think it is too much work for too little return, and so I may just stick to what I am doing. It brings me joy, and that is enough.
About 10 or twelve years ago, Maureen bought me a wine-making kit for Christmas.
Cabernet Sauvignon - or any red wine should age at least 3 to 5 years before you drink it . . . and it will rarely taste as good as it can taste if aged only in a glass bottle.
So I drank some right away and it tasted like mediocre box wine just as I expected. It was drinkable, and it did produce a buzz, but that’s about it
A few months ago I found one of those bottles - recognized right away by the stopper I used - a bright yellow Zork stopper - company out of business years ago.
I opened the bottle and let it aerate a bit and it tasted as good as any $30 bottle of wine.
Damn, I only found the one bottle!
But just last week while rummaging around in the hard-bottom crawl space we call “The Hatch,” I discovered one more bottle from the same batch.
I am looking forward to opening that one soon!
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@Jam said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@silky said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@silky said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@madrebel said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Jam said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
I don’t think social media kills as often as other “vices”
Read Jonathan Haidt’s books on the subject. You’d be surprised how bad social media is. The effect its having on our youth is significantly worse than alcohol or drugs ever were. Here is a brief article https://www.persuasion.community/p/haidt-the-teen-mental-illness-epidemic
Social media makes people think they’re trans, that the world is flat, etc.
Now, you could fix this in other ways but acting like it isn’t all that bad isn’t one of them. Banning it probably is the wrong route too. Trump’s plan to end section 230 and force social media companies to allow you to opt out of their algorithms if accomplished are good first steps. However, the human brain is wired to deal with drama on the scale of the entire planet. The human brain is still wired for tribal life still not planet sized bullshit 24/7.
This x 1000
But fixing it seems impossible. We’re the car that’s edged itself into a car parking cul-de-sac that it now can’t reverse itself out of. I can refuse my kids having true SM until they’re 16, maybe. But after that? It’s there, waiting to pounce, and they’ll voluntarily grab it for its attractions and benefits.
We are fucked. We screwed it all up.
There are people who do not participate, but they are few by now, I guess.
I am not immune. I participate in this forum. That must count as social media, right?
Personally. I don’t count Forums as social media though they probably meet whatever technical definitions might govern that
This is as close to social media as we get in my immediate family, and only I indulge, although I have cousins who have told me how much I need to be on the facebook to promote my farm. One has told me in particular that the winery cannot succeed without it.
Personally, I count avoidance of social media as a success.
They are probably right about the winery PR.
Well, that would depend on your definition of success, now, wouldn’t it?
Most years I make enough wine to satisfy me, and I call that success. I wish I had more to give away most years. I have yet to gear up for the volume that would justify getting a license to be able to sell any. I think it is too much work for too little return, and so I may just stick to what I am doing. It brings me joy, and that is enough.
About 10 or twelve years ago, Maureen bought me a wine-making kit for Christmas.
Cabernet Sauvignon - or any red wine should age at least 3 to 5 years before you drink it . . . and it will rarely taste as good as it can taste if aged only in a glass bottle.
So I drank some right away and it tasted like mediocre box wine just as I expected. It was drinkable, and it did produce a buzz, but that’s about it
A few months ago I found one of those bottles - recognized right away by the stopper I used - a bright yellow Zork stopper - company out of business years ago.
I opened the bottle and let it aerate a bit and it tasted as good as any $30 bottle of wine.
Damn, I only found the one bottle!
But just last week while rummaging around in the hard-bottom crawl space we call “The Hatch,” I discovered one more bottle from the same batch.
I am looking forward to opening that one soon!
I have only produced white wine so far, which ain’t good much beyond a year. I have never had a single bottle remaining beyond a year - I and guests have always managed to drink it all before then. It thus far has been best around the 3 to 6 months mark. I do not oak my wine (at least not yet).
I have wanted to increase production, but I need more vines or I need to start buying juice or grapes. I like the simple and hardy indiginous grapes for white wine because they are hardy and easy to grow.
So far I only have stuck to the Niagra cultivar, but for red I am probably going to plant Chambourcin vines… if I live long enough.
A vinyard is a lot of work. An acre will have up to 700 vines, which require for part of the year an average of 20 hours per week of work, and in peak season 40 hours per acre (with “all hands on deck” needed at harvest time), for a total of around 300 hours per acre per year.
If I can get 2 tons per acre yield, I should get 100 bottles of wine from them. Yields can range as high as 8 tons peracre depending on cultivation, availability of water and variety of grape.
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So many grape varieties; so little time to learn about them all.
A quick read tells me that they do well in NY, NJ and Pa and can result in a pretty good red wine.
